Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District), Pima County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District) | Mining District |
| Pima County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude:
32° North , 111° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~153km
Type:
Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 122 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
A Ag-Au-Pb-Zn-Cu-W-Mo-Ba mining area located in T.14-15S., R.4W. in the Gunsight Hills, western Pima County.
Mineralization is spotty base metal mineralization and local tungsten, oxidized and enriched locally with silver and gold, in quartz, calcite and barite veins and lenses in fault and fissure zones cutting Laramide granitic intrusive.
Workings include numerous, generally small and shallow tunnels, shafts, and pits. Prospected and worked sporadically since the early 1870's. Estimated and reported production would be over 15,000 tons of ore containing about 776 tons of lead, 100,600 oz. of silver, 400 oz. of gold and minor copper. Only a few tons of scheelite ore were produced.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
A Ag-Au-Pb-Zn-Cu-W-Mo-Ba mining area located in T.14-15S., R.4W. in the Gunsight Hills, western Pima County.
Mineralization is spotty base metal mineralization and local tungsten, oxidized and enriched locally with silver and gold, in quartz, calcite and barite veins and lenses in fault and fissure zones cutting Laramide granitic intrusive.
Workings include numerous, generally small and shallow tunnels, shafts, and pits. Prospected and worked sporadically since the early 1870's. Estimated and reported production would be over 15,000 tons of ore containing about 776 tons of lead, 100,600 oz. of silver, 400 oz. of gold and minor copper. Only a few tons of scheelite ore were produced.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Plattnerite | 4.DB.05 | PbO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Powellite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(MoO4) |
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Shattuckite | 9.DB.40 | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Plattnerite | PbO2 |
| O | ⓘ Powellite | Ca(MoO4) |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| O | ⓘ Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Powellite | Ca(MoO4) |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Powellite | Ca(MoO4) |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Plattnerite | PbO2 |
Localities in this Region
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District)
- Pima County
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District)
- Lilly Mine group
- Lucky Strike Mine
- Morning Star Extension prospect
- Morning Star Mine (Morning Star and Crescent Mines; Crescent Mine; Crescent et al group)
- Neptune Mine (Hadsell and O'Brian groups)
- Old Timer Mine
- Sunset Limited Mine group (Sunset Limited group of claims; Yellow Aster group of claims; Wonder Mine)
- Surprise Mine (New Gunsight Mine; New Gunsite Mine)
- Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District)
- Pima County
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- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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- Arizona
- ⭔Tohono O'odham Nation ReservationReservation
- ⭔Tohono O'odham ReservationReservation
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Surprise Mine, Gunsight Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA